adding toolTips to FLV seekBar component

[descin1]

Hi! For my project, I need basic video controls so I was hoping to modify the graphics of the built-in components provided in Flash (CS3).

However, I noticed that these components did not include toolTips. It was an easy fix for things like play/pause and stop buttons. I have simply added a movieclip that contains my toolTip in the overState of the button graphics.

I am struggling to get this to successfully work in the seekBar component because it does not have an overstate for the seek bar handle. I added a movieClip in the SeekBarHandle movieClip (note: I changed the type from graphic to movieClip -- seemed to work fine either way), and I can control the movieClip's properties, but can't seem to get an addEventListener to respond. I ran a trace, using willTrigger and hasEventListener and both came up positive for being able to handle a mouseEvent. It seems like Adobe has blocked out all functionality on that arrow scrubber. Even tried to add a tooltip movieClip external to the seekbar component. The rollover works fine when the mouse is over the bar, but when then mouse moves over the arrow the tool tip does not work.


Any thoughts on how could get a toolTip to display in the built in FLV playback component for the seekBar?


thanks.

[weblingo]

HI Decin1
wow this is an old post, did you get to the bottom of this as I am having the same problem two years later. i want to get a value onPress on the seekbar arrow but have draw a blank like you have.

cheers

WL

[descin1]

WL -

I posted the problem on Aug 29, 2007. I think you may have been looking at my join date.

At any rate, no I have not gotten to the bottom of this. I spent about a week researching this and never found a solution. To my knowledge, this is an Adobe error in creating the component. I have filed an issue with Adobe, through a company called Captionate. They are a 3rd party company that helps with Closed Captioning code becasue I found another bug with Flash's CC component. They said they would file both bugs for me.

As a make-shift solution, I have put an invisible mc over the seek bar to make the tooltip display. It doesn't really work all that well because when the mouse is over the seekbar arrow, the functionality is blocked based on the way the seek bar component has been constructed. It's pretty lame and it has been completely frustating trying to get such a simple task to work.

Sorry I could not have been more helpful. If I find a solution, I will certainly post a response.